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Lewis Hamilton at Sochi - Russian Grand Prix
The 2018 Russian Grand Prix wasn't the best possible race for Mercedes in totality even as Lewis Hamilton, now a deserving champion reigned in the end.
Having said that, a question is clearly in front of both Lewis fans as well as his detractors: was the Sochi triumph always in the books for him?
While it was his teammate, Valtteri Bottas who seemed to be running perfectly in control of the race, just the way he was the previous year, looking all set to finally clinch a race win, his fortunes would be changed, for good.
In the closing stages of the race with Vettel catching the Briton, then running in second, there emerged a message on Hamilton's teammate's radio, "Let Lewis through!"
And, then?
Well, that was that.
At the end of the Grand Prix where Bottas was all but assured of a win, he was told to let Lewis gain track position. His job, in the end, would be to keep Vettel at bay.
But having said that, Hamilton's stellar move over Vettel, just when Mercedes got undercut by Ferrari, cannot and should not be undermined. Wasn't that one of the best moments of the year?
